Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle

The men's 300 metre free rifle was one of the five sport shooting events on the Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The second rifle event and last of the shooting events, the free rifle was begun on 11 April. Each marksman fired 40 shots, in four strings of ten. 25 men entered the event, though only 20 actually competed. They represented three nations. Frangoudis led after the first day, but when the event was continued on 12 April, Orphanidis took the lead and held on to win first place. He hit the target 37 times.

Men's 300 metre free rifle
at the Games of the I Olympiad
Georgios Orphanidis (1897)
VenueKallithea shooting range
DatesApril 11–12
Competitors20 from 3 nations
Winning score1583
Medalists
Georgios Orphanidis
 Greece
Ioannis Frangoudis
 Greece
Viggo Jensen
 Denmark
Shooting at the
1896 Summer Olympics
Rifle
200 m military riflemen
300 m free rifle, 3 pos.men
Pistol
25 m military pistolmen
25 m muzzle-loading pistolmen
30 m pistolmen

Background

This was the only appearance of the men's 300 metre free rifle event without position requirements.[1][2] A three-positions event would be introduced in 1900 (along with team and individual position medals) and held 11 times between then and 1972.[3]

Competition format

The competition had each shooter fire 40 shots, in 4 strings of 10, at a range of 300 metres. Scoring involved multiplying target hits by points scored in each string.[3]

Schedule

The free rifle was the last of the shooting events, starting in the afternoon of day 6 of competition. It went until it was too dark to shoot, then was postponed until the next morning. It finished at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Precise start times for each session are not known.

Date Time Round
Gregorian Julian
Saturday, 11 April 1896
Sunday, 12 April 1896		Saturday, 30 March 1896
Sunday, 31 March 1896		Final

Results
RankShooterNationScoreHits1234
Georgios Orphanidis Greece 1,58337328520420315
Ioannis Frangoudis Greece 1,31231470192440210
Viggo Jensen Denmark 1,30531392423280210
4 Anastasios Metaxas Greece 1,102Unknown
5 Pantelis Karasevdas Greece 1,039Unknown
6–18 Antelothanasis Greece Unknown
Georgios Diamantis Greece Unknown'
Alexios Fetsios Greece Unknown
Karakatsanis Greece Unknown
Hatzidakis Greece Unknown
Nikolaos Levidis Greece Unknown
Sidney Merlin Great Britain Unknown
Xenon Mikhailidis Greece Unknown
Moustakopoulos Greece Unknown
Panagiotis Pavlidis Greece Unknown
Alexandros Theofilakis Greece Unknown
Ioannis Theofilakis Greece Unknown
Nikolaos Trikoupis Greece Unknown
— Leonidas Langakis Greece DNF
Ioannis Vourakis Greece DNF

References
  1. "Historical Results". ISSF. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. Official Report, part 2, p. 94.
  3. "Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  • Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at )
  • Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at )
  • Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.
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